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People who admire Michael Moore should be shot. Sicko is an abomination. I can't believe anyone calling himself a journalist would portray the horrors of the national health care systems in European countries, especially Britain's and France's. We do need to talk about health care in this country. It's a mess, there's no arguing that. But to make a propaganda piece simplifying the multitude of reasons why health care costs so much and disingenuously glorifying socialized medicine in Europe is outrageous.
The worst part is that he has to know the truth. There's no possible way he could have gone to those countries, talked to any number of patients, and not heard the horror stories. The quotas, the queues (yeah, pig-face, they do exist), the shortages, the inadequate care, the cancer patients whose disease goes from treatable to terminal while waiting to see an oncologist. He had to know that the British public has lost faith in the NHS. He had to know that France's health care system is running on a huge deficit. He had to know that real people are really suffering, just like they're suffering here. Yet he chose to depict all of those complex problems as a lie made up by the right and our Francophobia. People should feel insulted that some millionaire, wannabe "Everyman" with a ball cap shamelessly feeds them this crap.
Anyone stupid enough to believe his tripe and push for socialized medicine deserves what they get. I'll continue paying for my health care, thanks. I read the BBC--I don't want the state doling out my care.
The worst part is that he has to know the truth. There's no possible way he could have gone to those countries, talked to any number of patients, and not heard the horror stories. The quotas, the queues (yeah, pig-face, they do exist), the shortages, the inadequate care, the cancer patients whose disease goes from treatable to terminal while waiting to see an oncologist. He had to know that the British public has lost faith in the NHS. He had to know that France's health care system is running on a huge deficit. He had to know that real people are really suffering, just like they're suffering here. Yet he chose to depict all of those complex problems as a lie made up by the right and our Francophobia. People should feel insulted that some millionaire, wannabe "Everyman" with a ball cap shamelessly feeds them this crap.
Anyone stupid enough to believe his tripe and push for socialized medicine deserves what they get. I'll continue paying for my health care, thanks. I read the BBC--I don't want the state doling out my care.